Joy (she/her) is a postpartum doula and founder of "Joy The Village Doula" where she uses a holistic family-centered approach to postpartum support. It is her mission to provide customized support to each family she has the honor of serving, while preserving and passing down cultural healing knowledge. Joy and her twin brother are the eldest of 7 children. She grew up cooking and caring for her siblings. As a mother of two children, she is a survivor of severe postpartum depression. In addition to her lived experience, Joy also holds an associate's degree in child development and is trained in lactation support, trauma informed care, herbalism, and perinatal mood & anxiety disorders (PMADs). She is also a vetted Pregnancy and Postpartum Support MN integrative/complementary health provider.